Sentences with phrase «ethics reform law»

Under a newly passed ethics reform law — which Ambrosino, King Sweeney and Blakeman voted against — Ambrosino would be barred from working for the town or running for re-election if he is convicted of the felony charges.

Horner said voters should hold Cuomo and lawmakers accountable if they don't pass new ethics reform laws in the wake of the recent convictions of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for public corruption crimes.

«The new ethics reform law brings an aggressive new approach to returning integrity to the halls of our Capitol.»

ALBANY, N.Y. — Good government groups are again mounting a campaign to pressure the New York State Legislature to pass a tough ethics reform law following the convictions of the Legislature's top two leaders in public corruption cases.

«Politicians in Albany had the chance after both leaders were arrested on corruption charges last year to enact tough ethics reform laws and they failed.

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics raised concerns that the state's latest ethics reform law contained potentially significant loopholes that could obscure the disclosure of state lawmakers» legal clients.

Despite Bharara's investigation of Cuomo's projects, and the convictions Bharara won against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, DeFrancisco said he does not believe the Legislature needs to pass more ethics reform laws.

Under current law, the state can strip away pension benefits from a state official who were hired after Nov. 13, 2011 - when a 2011 ethics reform law became effective - if the official is convicted of crimes related to their public office.

Davis helped craft ethics reform laws over two decades ago.

A new law signed Monday in New York will change the way ethics investigations and disclosure works for lawmakers there, the Associated Press reports: «This new ethics reform law brings an aggressive new approach to... Read More

«This new ethics reform law brings an aggressive new approach to returning integrity to the halls of our Capitol,» Cuomo said.

Onondaga County lawmakers passed an ethics reform law during its meeting Tuesday.

Currently, only state officials hired after a 2011 ethics reform law was passed can lose their pensions if they are convicted of crimes related to their public office.

Republicans built in a protection for themselves in the ethics reform law of 2011, giving them three appointments even if they fall into the minority (or, in this case, form a coalition).

Under withering criticism from government watchdogs for failing to pass any ethics reform laws this year, the Assembly judiciary committee voted 21 - 0 in favor of the same pension forfeiture bill that the state Senate passed in 2015.

Government watchdog groups blasted state lawmakers for failing to pass any ethics reform laws this year even after the Legislature's top two former leaders were sentenced to prison for public corruption.

Under provisions of the 2011 ethics reform law, legislators were, for the first time, required to disclose detailed information relating to the actual value of outside income and investments.

Despite the convictions of the state Legislature's top two leaders, the Legislature has not passed any ethics reform laws since then.

The Siena College poll said the next priorities should be an ethics reform law followed by extending rent control laws in New York City.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Government watchdog groups blasted New York state lawmakers on Tuesday for failing to pass any ethics reform laws this year even after the Legislature's top two former leaders were sentenced to prison for public corruption.

Currently, only state officials hired after a 2011 ethics reform law passed can lose their pensions if they are convicted of crimes related to their public office.

The Hempstead Town Board must revote on an ethics reform law it passed last month because of an error in the public notice for the hearing, a town spokesman said.

The 2011 ethics reform law that created JCOPE allows it to grant exemptions if donors to a specific group — advocacy organizations categorized as 501 (c) 4 groups — are likely to face «harm, threats, harassment, or reprisals» if their giving becomes known to the public.

Other Central New York legislators said they think some form of a property tax cap and ethics reform law will pass.

Now a bipartisan group of first - term lawmakers wants to correct it by amending the state constitution to allow courts to strip convicted lawmakers of their state pension, including those who were grandfathered into a limited forfeiture provision in an ethics reform law last year.